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john. >> george howell live in austin. a lot of people talking about it there and all over the country. so lance armstrong says he has spoken to one of the people he called a liar. one of the people he attacked. 16 years ago betsy andreu and her then fiance, while armstrong was fighting cancer, said they heard armstrong rattle off to his doctor a host of drugs including human growth hormone. >> did you deny what betsy andreu said in the hospital is a lie? >> yes. >> and betsy says that it ruined her brother's cycling career for telling the truth -- i think it was her fiance's cycling career. this is a guy who lied for years, cheated for years, attacked for years, and last night in one 90-minute interview, he says, yeah, i lied, i cheated, i'm really sorry. so surreal. felt like outer space to me. >> didn't feel like he was flip. i feel like he repeatedly admitted what he did was wrong. i didn't have that sense of him being flip ant aboant about it. he said i'm not sure this is an acceptable answer, but that's like saying w
john. >> george howell live in austin. a lot of people talking about it there and all over the country. so lance armstrong says he has spoken to one of the people he called a liar. one of the people he attacked. 16 years ago betsy andreu and her then fiance, while armstrong was fighting cancer, said they heard armstrong rattle off to his doctor a host of drugs including human growth hormone. >> did you deny what betsy andreu said in the hospital is a lie? >> yes. >> and...
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. >> george howell is live in austin. you've covered lance armstrong from the early days in his cycling career. how are people reacting there in his hometown? >> reporter: it is a mixed bag. i was a reporter here in austin long before this bike shop existed that armstrong co-owns here in austin. i even grew up here. is this my hometown, too. and i remember watching lance armstrong come along, watching him win big once, twice, three times and so on. he not only inspired people as an athlete, but also a cancer survivor. he became a real symbol for the city of austin, real source of pride. but now you can't help but feel let down. and that's what you hear on the streets of austin. take a listen. >> i actually was not surprised. i had lost a lot of respect for him a years ago because i had a feeling that there was some truth to the rumors. >> reporter: some people are disappointed certainly but haven't lost sight of the good things that he's done in his career, cancer charities like livestrong, people saying there will should
. >> george howell is live in austin. you've covered lance armstrong from the early days in his cycling career. how are people reacting there in his hometown? >> reporter: it is a mixed bag. i was a reporter here in austin long before this bike shop existed that armstrong co-owns here in austin. i even grew up here. is this my hometown, too. and i remember watching lance armstrong come along, watching him win big once, twice, three times and so on. he not only inspired people as an...
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george howell, thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> and would you say cheating is now commonplace? whether it's in sports, on wall street, in schools and beyond. today at 3:00 eastern, brook baldwin examines why we cheat, the psychology and science behind it. that's at 3:00 p.m. today eastern. >> we talked about it a lot. i say this is a problem within the culture of sports, and they need to change it in order for the players not to feel like this is something they have to do in order to be competitive. >> i agree with that. but i also think you cannot exonerate or allow individuals to get away with it. >> consequences. >> if you are traveling today, playing by the rules or cheating, check your flight because there's a huge swath of moistu moisture. >> no cheating in weather. no cheating in weather at all. we're looking at rain in most areas, look what's happening. we have some snow through parts of mississippi. it's coming down in some locations. really for the south, some locations could pick up two to four inches
george howell, thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> and would you say cheating is now commonplace? whether it's in sports, on wall street, in schools and beyond. today at 3:00 eastern, brook baldwin examines why we cheat, the psychology and science behind it. that's at 3:00 p.m. today eastern. >> we talked about it a lot. i say this is a problem within the culture of sports, and they need to change it in order for the players not to feel like this is something they have to do...
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george howell for us this morning. thank you, george, appreciate it. so the question is do you believe manti te'o? was it catfishing? dawn ritchie says it's pretty easy to be duped by something like this. she's a private investigator. the president of allstate investigation and lots of her investigations are, i would imagine, involve catfishing. >> yeah, we get calls every day about people who meet people online, have relationships and then it obviously turns sour because a lot of them really do. >> so you believe manti te'o. >> oh, without a doubt. i think that there's -- i think that there's a lot more blame and background to research on tuiasosopo. >> tuiasosopo. >> yeah, you got it. i think that's more -- they should really investigate more on that because he's actually done it a few times as has been reported. >> i thought it was so interesting when anderson was interviewing diane o'meara, who is the -- lennay when she said for five years tuiasosopo was trolling her facebook and stealing those images to create this person. is that what you've seen
george howell for us this morning. thank you, george, appreciate it. so the question is do you believe manti te'o? was it catfishing? dawn ritchie says it's pretty easy to be duped by something like this. she's a private investigator. the president of allstate investigation and lots of her investigations are, i would imagine, involve catfishing. >> yeah, we get calls every day about people who meet people online, have relationships and then it obviously turns sour because a lot of them...
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. >> george howell is in austin, texas, for thus morning. the city that armstrong calls home and where the interview took place. good morning. >> reporter: soledad, good morning, right off the top of that interview, right in the first minute. we heard lance armstrong confess to something that many people around here had their suspicions of. even after years of watching him win, then years of those allegations of doping and now we are hearing in his own words that he was living as he describes it, one big lie. lance armstrong spent years trying to outrun allegations that he used performance enhancing substances to fuel his successful cycling career, that race is now over. >> was it a big deal to you? did it feel wrong? >> at the time? >> um-hum. >> no. >> it did not even feel wrong? >> no. scary. >> did you feel bad about it? >> no. even scarier. >> did you feel in any way that you were cheating? >> no. the scariest. >> reporter: after decades of denials, the seven tour de france winner came clean in part one of the wide ranging interview wit
. >> george howell is in austin, texas, for thus morning. the city that armstrong calls home and where the interview took place. good morning. >> reporter: soledad, good morning, right off the top of that interview, right in the first minute. we heard lance armstrong confess to something that many people around here had their suspicions of. even after years of watching him win, then years of those allegations of doping and now we are hearing in his own words that he was living as he...
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cnn's george howell is there. george, you know, this is not just a story where people across america are in disbelief are, you know, are outraged, are still angry, are considering forgiving him. this must be hell in his hometown. >> reporter: you know, ashleigh, the question here, was it believable, you know, he said all of the right words, but is he truly, sincerely apologetic, you know, for what he did here? and when you talk to people, some ask, you know, does it really make a difference, and some say they are disappointed. there are cyclists who are livid, ashleigh, about what they heard the other night. but i spoke with one person, michael hall, he writes for "texas monthly" he rode with lance and he knows him well enough, and he said when you listen to what lance armstrong had to say, you do have to question whether he really meant it, take a listen -- >> he said the words, he said all the words that he should have said. he confessed to all the drugs. he called it a -- one big lie, which is exactly what it w
cnn's george howell is there. george, you know, this is not just a story where people across america are in disbelief are, you know, are outraged, are still angry, are considering forgiving him. this must be hell in his hometown. >> reporter: you know, ashleigh, the question here, was it believable, you know, he said all of the right words, but is he truly, sincerely apologetic, you know, for what he did here? and when you talk to people, some ask, you know, does it really make a...
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the scariest. >> cnn's george howell is in austin where he's covered armstrong for many years, so, george, what's the reaction there? >> reporter: well, carol, look, you know, people are asking was this believable, you know, he said all the right words, but was it sincere? is he truly apologetic and does it really make a difference? you asked some people here, they say no. there are others who are disappointed in what they heard, cyclists here, there are many who are livid about that interview last night. a lot of people watched it here in austin, texas, and take a listen to what some of those people had to say about that interview -- >> i'd like to think that at some point, you know, he would be forgiven but the reality is i think he burned those bridges a long time ago. i think he's a -- i think he's a cheater, you know, i think he's a cheater. i don't know how else to say it. >> in austin really it's not news to us. i want to love lance. i still love him i guess at heart, but i think it's really shady that he kept this from us for so long. >> personally i think whatever they're putting
the scariest. >> cnn's george howell is in austin where he's covered armstrong for many years, so, george, what's the reaction there? >> reporter: well, carol, look, you know, people are asking was this believable, you know, he said all the right words, but was it sincere? is he truly apologetic and does it really make a difference? you asked some people here, they say no. there are others who are disappointed in what they heard, cyclists here, there are many who are livid about...
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george howell is live in midland city. so we're learning more about the bus driver, charles polin, what can you tell about him? >> reporter: he is described as a hero, a man willing to die to protect the children on that bus, and here in this community you can tell that people are hurt by what happened here, again, there was a prayer service here in town as people came together to remember him, and even the "dothan eagle" the local newspaper did a piece on him to talk about him, described him as a man who hated to discipline the students but again a man who sought no recognition for the work that he did and again when you talk to people here, you get the story, this is a person who tried to knock mr. dykes off his balance, protect the kids and was shot and killed in the process and that's really, those are the two things that are happening, people are thinking about mr. pollin but also think being what happened here just behind me, this child who is still in the bunker and now three days, and investigators are doing their
george howell is live in midland city. so we're learning more about the bus driver, charles polin, what can you tell about him? >> reporter: he is described as a hero, a man willing to die to protect the children on that bus, and here in this community you can tell that people are hurt by what happened here, again, there was a prayer service here in town as people came together to remember him, and even the "dothan eagle" the local newspaper did a piece on him to talk about him,...
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george howell is live in midland city this morning. george, this really is a terrifying story. >> reporter: john, you know, everybody out here, everybody is worried about this 6-year-old boy. this is the third day that he's been in that bunker, so any time the police, these investigators speak about it, they give us updates, everybody out here listens. the latest update is they don't believe that that young boy has been harmed in any way. that is the best news that we've heard so far as this continues to drag on. they were able to give the boy a coloring book and crayons. these are two things that he specifically asked for. but more importantly, john, they were able to get him the medications that he needs. he needs daily medications. i learned from a source that he suffers from asperger syndrome and adhd. so very important he got those medications. he's been in touch with the family. every hour that passes, these are desperate times for them. >> george, there are so many tales and stories flying around everywhere about the suspected g
george howell is live in midland city this morning. george, this really is a terrifying story. >> reporter: john, you know, everybody out here, everybody is worried about this 6-year-old boy. this is the third day that he's been in that bunker, so any time the police, these investigators speak about it, they give us updates, everybody out here listens. the latest update is they don't believe that that young boy has been harmed in any way. that is the best news that we've heard so far as...
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. >> our george howell has been all over this story. he's live from the cnn center with more now, george. so he speaks. >> john he says it was really the question now, was he really duped? he claims he had nothing to do with this internet hoax. we'll hear more about manti te'o's interview with katie couric later today and get more insight into these bizarre connections. he believed that his online girlfriend who he never met died of cancer in september. two days before he attended the heisman trophy ceremony he got a call saying she was alive and faced with the media on the heisman day he kept talking about her as if she was alive. here's what he told katie. >> you stuck to the script and you knew something was amiss, manti. >> correct. >> why? >> well, if anybody puts themselves in my situation. katie, put yourself in my situation. this girl who i committed to died on september 12th. now i get a phone call on september 6th saying she's alive and i'm going to be put on national tv two days later and they asked me the same question. what
. >> our george howell has been all over this story. he's live from the cnn center with more now, george. so he speaks. >> john he says it was really the question now, was he really duped? he claims he had nothing to do with this internet hoax. we'll hear more about manti te'o's interview with katie couric later today and get more insight into these bizarre connections. he believed that his online girlfriend who he never met died of cancer in september. two days before he attended...
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we want to go to george howell. glancing at me e-mail, all schools in kern county, california, all schools on lockdown with the exception of this high school which has been evacuated. >> we are talking about taft union high school, about 45 minutes away from bakersfield where we are getting a lot of our information from kero tv. they have taken calls from students hiding in closets, brooke, while this was happening. we know at this point according to their reporting at least three victims in this case at taft union high school. we also know that the shooter, apparently taken into custody around 9:20 on the west coast. the kern county sheriff's office went door-to-door, room to room trying to secure the school after they got information about this. 9:00 on the west coast. we have been able to confirm through the fire captain one person was treated with minor injuries and unconfirmed reports it happened outside the school on a side street. some report that is it happened inside the school. these are early reports that
we want to go to george howell. glancing at me e-mail, all schools in kern county, california, all schools on lockdown with the exception of this high school which has been evacuated. >> we are talking about taft union high school, about 45 minutes away from bakersfield where we are getting a lot of our information from kero tv. they have taken calls from students hiding in closets, brooke, while this was happening. we know at this point according to their reporting at least three victims...
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george howell thank you very much. >>> one baltimore raven wants to use the media frenzy surrounding the super bowl to send a message about gay rights and bullying? should the super bowl be politicized? facebook.com/carolcnn. >>> now is your chance to talk back on one of the stories for the day. the question for you this morning, should the super bowl be politicized? the super bowl. it's one of the few events that capture the nation's undivided attention. last year some 111 million people watched, that's roughly a third of the population. one of this year's super bowl players, brendan ayanbadejo of the ravens wants to seize the media frenzy to push for gay equality, an issue he's been passionate about for years. >> for me personally i see it as a human rights issue, it's not gay rights, it's equal rights, just human rights, whether it's suffrage or go back to slavery or segregation, gay rights, it's all the same thing to me. i've gotten a lot of scrutiny. i'm officially known as the ambassador, the gay ambassador. >> he told "the new york times" if the ravens win the super bowl, his
george howell thank you very much. >>> one baltimore raven wants to use the media frenzy surrounding the super bowl to send a message about gay rights and bullying? should the super bowl be politicized? facebook.com/carolcnn. >>> now is your chance to talk back on one of the stories for the day. the question for you this morning, should the super bowl be politicized? the super bowl. it's one of the few events that capture the nation's undivided attention. last year some 111...
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they want that to stop. >> george howell reporting live for us today. thank you so much. >>> general motors and chrysler earning top dog at the detroit auto show. an insider's look at the car and truck of the year. [ male announcer ] what!!?? a typical family pays $155,000 in "wall street" fees on their 401(k)s? go to e-trade. and roll over your old 401(k)s to a new e-trade retirement account. none of them charge annual fees, and all of them offer low cost investments. e-trade. less for us. more for you. to help protect your eye health as you age... would you take it? well, there is. [ male announcer ] it's called ocuvite. a vitamin totally dedicated to your eyes, from the eye care experts at bausch + lomb. as you age, eyes can lose vital nutrients. ocuvite helps replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. now that's a pill worth taking. [ male announcer ] ocuvite. help protect your eye health. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you..
they want that to stop. >> george howell reporting live for us today. thank you so much. >>> general motors and chrysler earning top dog at the detroit auto show. an insider's look at the car and truck of the year. [ male announcer ] what!!?? a typical family pays $155,000 in "wall street" fees on their 401(k)s? go to e-trade. and roll over your old 401(k)s to a new e-trade retirement account. none of them charge annual fees, and all of them offer low cost investments....
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george howell, thanks so much. we're also hearing from the so-called dead girlfriend, the woman whose photo was used to create the fake online identity. diane o'meara says she wasn't in on the hoax and never met manti te'o but heard the acquaintance te'o blames for the ruse. she said he called and apologized to her. >> he reached out to me a day or two days before the story broke and relaid to me that he, in fact, was stalking my profile for five years, taking my photos and he created -- >> five years he was doing this in. >> he created this identity that was not me. it was this lennay kekua with my face on it. >> o'meara said she heard from a number of women with similar stories, they say their images were stolen to create fake online identities. >>> and there is new fallout from lance armstrong's doping admission to oprah, two california men have filed a class action lawsuit against armstrong and his publisher's alleging fraud. they bought armstrong's books "it's not about the bike" and "every seconds counts" bas
george howell, thanks so much. we're also hearing from the so-called dead girlfriend, the woman whose photo was used to create the fake online identity. diane o'meara says she wasn't in on the hoax and never met manti te'o but heard the acquaintance te'o blames for the ruse. she said he called and apologized to her. >> he reached out to me a day or two days before the story broke and relaid to me that he, in fact, was stalking my profile for five years, taking my photos and he created --...
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cnn's george howell is in midland city, alabama. george, it's now into its third day, as wolf said, which is amazing. so what is the latest? >> reporter: well, kate, you know, we were expecting a news conference tonight, an update from investigators, but that update has been canceled. in fact, all of the updates today were canceled. so it leads us back to the last time that we got information from investigators, last night, and what they said was that they believe that the young boy, the 5-year-old, is physically unharmed. and that is the good news that we've been holding on to ever since. but, still, he is being held against his will inside this bunker. now, one person who has actually seen this bunker is a neighbor that i spoke to just the other day, the same person who says that he fired a pistol at him and his family. and he took some time today to explain to me this place where dikes is hiding out. jimmy davis jr. and his family have been neighbors to jimmy dikes since he moved to this area and bought property here more than a
cnn's george howell is in midland city, alabama. george, it's now into its third day, as wolf said, which is amazing. so what is the latest? >> reporter: well, kate, you know, we were expecting a news conference tonight, an update from investigators, but that update has been canceled. in fact, all of the updates today were canceled. so it leads us back to the last time that we got information from investigators, last night, and what they said was that they believe that the young boy, the...
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. >> george howell joins us now. he's been following this story, the ins and outs from the beginning. big question everyone is asking, george. did it help or hurt? >> john, look. you know, mixed reactions, there are some people who are sympathetic for what they heard the other night. others, not so much. but te'o all along, he insists that he really believed that his girlfriend was real. then when he realized he was duped, he admitted he doesn't know what to say about that. notre dame star linebacker manti te'o denied any involvement in the online hoax of a girlfriend never met, a woman we know now never existed. >> either you are the most naive person on the planet or this is the saddest story ever written. it goes on and on and on, this web of lies. >> i thought how could this all happen to one person? i had my doubts. >> te'o got a phone call in september, telling him his girlfriend dies of cancer. then in december, before the heisman trophy ceremony, another phone call saying she was alive. but te'o didn't change
. >> george howell joins us now. he's been following this story, the ins and outs from the beginning. big question everyone is asking, george. did it help or hurt? >> john, look. you know, mixed reactions, there are some people who are sympathetic for what they heard the other night. others, not so much. but te'o all along, he insists that he really believed that his girlfriend was real. then when he realized he was duped, he admitted he doesn't know what to say about that. notre...
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here is cnn's george howell. >> reporter: manti te'o involved any involvement in the hoax about the online girlfriend he never met, a woman we now know never existed. >> either you're the most naive person on the planet, or this is the saddest story i think ever written. it goes on and on and on. >> yeah. i thought that. >> this web of lies. >> and i thought this is -- how could all this happen to one person? and i had my -- i had my doubts. >> te'o says he got a phone call in september, telling him his girlfriend died of cancer. then in december, before the heisman trophy ceremony, another phone call saying she was alive. but te'o didn't change his story. >> at the heisman trophy ceremony, you were interviewed and repeated the story that your girlfriend had, in fact, died of cancer. that's a lie. why would you say that? >> at the time i didn't know. let's be honest with you. i did not know. >> reporter: couric asked for proof of an intimate relationship. and te'o provided phone records, even voice mail. >> i love you and i will talk to you tomorrow. i love you so much. >> have you no idea
here is cnn's george howell. >> reporter: manti te'o involved any involvement in the hoax about the online girlfriend he never met, a woman we now know never existed. >> either you're the most naive person on the planet, or this is the saddest story i think ever written. it goes on and on and on. >> yeah. i thought that. >> this web of lies. >> and i thought this is -- how could all this happen to one person? and i had my -- i had my doubts. >> te'o says he...
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. >> let me go to george howell. you've been following this part of the story and so a protest is planned in newtown at a walmart tomorrow. >> right. >> what do organizers expect out of that? >> well, brooke, you know, first of all, you hear these mothers from the sandy hook promise, you can tell there is a great deal of sadness around this issue. but you also find frustration. people are fed up. they're tired of waiting on legislators, tired of waiting on the president. they want to take action. they want to put pressure on retailers like walmart so you find this group, some of us.org created a petition, garnered some 250,000 signatures and tomorrow they plan to protest, brooke, in front of a walmart there in newtown, to hand that -- those signatures over and to make the point, they say that, you know, people shouldn't go to a store where you can buy diapers, where you can buy baby food and also be able to buy semi-automatic rifles. >> so, we know, on gun issues, going through congress, we know the vice president no
. >> let me go to george howell. you've been following this part of the story and so a protest is planned in newtown at a walmart tomorrow. >> right. >> what do organizers expect out of that? >> well, brooke, you know, first of all, you hear these mothers from the sandy hook promise, you can tell there is a great deal of sadness around this issue. but you also find frustration. people are fed up. they're tired of waiting on legislators, tired of waiting on the president....
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george howell live in austin, texas. that's lance armstrong's hometown. how has what he has said and we'll see tomorrow, how is that playing in his hometown? >> soledad, good morning. fair to say it is a very different feeling than it was some 12 years ago when i was ai reporter here in austin, covering lance armstrong. i also grew up here, soledad. so my hometown, i remember watching lance armstrong come along. here is a guy who not only irspired people around the world as an athlete, but inspired people as a cancer survivor. for the city of austin, texas. a source of pride. now you can't help but feel as you say here in texas, taken for a ride. a little disappointed about what we will hear on thursday. that's what you find on the the streets of austin, texas, when you talk to people. however, people have not lost sight of the good things he's done throughout his career. take a listen. >> it's sad. i mean, he's -- he's our austin boy and we're -- again, i'm saddened about it. i don't like it. you know, people make mistakes. he made some mistakes. but as
george howell live in austin, texas. that's lance armstrong's hometown. how has what he has said and we'll see tomorrow, how is that playing in his hometown? >> soledad, good morning. fair to say it is a very different feeling than it was some 12 years ago when i was ai reporter here in austin, covering lance armstrong. i also grew up here, soledad. so my hometown, i remember watching lance armstrong come along. here is a guy who not only irspired people around the world as an athlete,...